The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 30, 1895, Page 4

HE SAN FRANCISCO OCALL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1895. HUNTINGTONATWORK The Congestion of California Freight at New York. INADEQUATE FACILITIES The Panama People Unable to Handle the Business Offered. WILL BENEFIT THE SUNSET. Increased Traffic for the Southern Pacific—A Clipper Line May Be Started. Owing to the inadequate facilities of the Panama Railroad Company, which op- erates the Columbian line of steamers b tween New York and Colon, a congestion of California freight has resulted in New York, with the probability that the sur plus business will fall to the share of the | Southern Pacific Company. Notice was verbally given to the large importers of San Francisco on Saturday by E.H. Hinton, the local agent of the Panama Railroad Company, that rates and engagements for through westbound freight from New York could .not here- after, until further notice, be made through him. The merchants were further in- formed that all negotiations for such freight must be made with John Muir, the general traffic manager of the company. at New York, as the facilities for such freight were extremely limited at present. This announcement has greatiy addea to the growing sentiment among the largest shippers of -this City that the Panama-Pacific Mail combination recent- ly effected in New York means a return to conditions prevalent prior to the advent of the North American Navigation Com- pany, the first genuine competitor the Pacific Mail Steamship Company had to | contend with. 4 Though this competing company was operated at an actual loss to the stoc! holders, who were members of the Traffic Association, 1ts losses were but a fraction of the saving afforded to the merchants of San Francisco in the saving of freight charges brought about by the keen compe- tition with the Pacific Mail S[r‘amslrnp Company and the consequent reduction o freights. And had more of the merchants who were most largely benefited by the | freight rate reductions thus effected be- come st holders iu the North American Navigation Company and tbus divided the burden of m he independent line, the present undesirable situation would not have been possible. The North American Navigation worked in co-operation with the Panama Railroad | Company and the Columbian Steamship line on the Atlantic side, and when the American Navigation Company withdrew from the field the Panama people, instead of falling into the arms of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, as that corporation evidently expected they would after their experience with the North American Com- pany, put_on a line of steamers of their own to ply between San Krancisco and Panama, thus maintaining an independent route via_the Isthmus and are in direct competition with the Pacific Mail Com- pany. But this new and independent line did not receive the support it expected, and niter a long battle with its more powerful antagonist, was compelled to capitulate about two weeks ago, though on terms re- | ported to be more advantageous to itself | than to the Pacific Mail. It was the general opinion, however, at the time this deal was consummated, that Mr. Huntington knew his business and was not unwittingly taking the short end of so important a transaction. The theory he was working upon, it was assertea, was to kill competition via Panama, and then | manipulate matters so as to restore not only rates over the Isthmus but over the transcontinental railroads, and more par- ticularly over the Southern Pacific. In THE Carv of Saturday it was shown how this is likely to be accomplished, and there is little doubt in the minds of those posted that Mr. Huntington and lus chief | aids are now busily engaged in bringing about conditions that will p rmit of the re-formation of the Transcontinental Asso- ciation, which was disrupted through the | disturbing influence of the Panama Rail- road Company, shortly after it entered into direct competition with the Pacific Mail, about three years ago. Until thisis effected rates cannot very | well be restored, particularly as there are | known to be serious differences between the Canadian Pacific and the Great North- ern lines on one side and the rest of the transcontinental lines on the other. But Mr. Huntington does not intend to wait for the adjustment of this matter be- fore he reaps benefit from the new Panama route combination. So the local mer- clants say, and they view the latest devel- opments in the matter of the congestion of Califorria freight in New York as a cleve: bit of finesse on the part of the pres of the Sonthern Pacific Company, de to force shipments over the Sunset line. E. H. Hinton, the local agent of the Pan- ama Railroad, when asked about the situ- ation that caused the virtual withdrawal of his company from the solicitation of westbound business in this City, the means by which they have heretofore obtained the largest portion of such business, said: thdrawal of the Pacific Mail steamers Atlantic side has thrown all that Ce ss, which is very consid- r amers of the Columbian line, and where previously we had room for 1000 to 1200 ot California freight on each steamer we now have room for less than half this amount. I was advised of this by Mr. Muir, and in order to avoid complicatioits T have withdrawn the westbound rates hereto- fore made, and hay sed to make any en- gagements for such freight, may not be able to fulfill them at New Y The_ locat merchants have been gsked to_have their East- ern representatives call on Mr. Muirat New York for quotations of rates and engsgements for room, 0 as to avoid any possible embars rassment or disappointment. 1t is the intention of the Columbian liné to mow increase their facilities by the addition-of other steamers as soon as possible, but rust when these ers will be secured 1t is hard to tell, as the kind of Steamers required for the service are not readily procured. The facili- tles will be sugmented to such an extent as to give a better service than was ev ven be- fore for California traffic. PEs e It was Jearned that none of the three chartered steamers that have been olying on this side of the continent in the service of the Panama Railroad Company - are.to be sent around to the other side. The Progreso has already been laid off and turned over to her owners. The City of Everett will be here about the middle of January and will be disposed of in the same manner. . The Washtenaw will make this port about the 1st of February and also go out of service immediately. Freight rates are now so low that it does not pay to carry any but the heaviest kind of cargo on the Panama route, only such freights, in fact, being sought as are charged on a dead-weight basis, such -as | iron and metal manufactures, paper, dry- goods, ete. The heavy westbound traffic will begin in a month or six weeks, and, unless the Columban steamship line has at time sufficiently increased its s, the Sunset route is certain io fall in for a respectable share of the busi- ness destined for California. Commenting on ‘the situation as it now exists, a local merchant said it was strange that no precautions were taken by the | Panama people to provide for this con- | tingency, as its coming must have been | apparent to them. There was no reason, it was asserted, why some temporary ar- rangement should not have been made with the Pacific Mail people for the use of | their Atlantic line steamers until such | time as ample facilities had been secured | by them for taking care of all business that was offering. This gzentleman eave 1t as his further opinion that if the situation does not speedily improve it is very likely to result in a line of clipper ships being | put on aronnd Cape Horn. | R.P. Schwerin, general manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, stated | | thut there would be no troubie in landing | all the eastbound business that was offered in this City, as his company would pro- 2 all the facilities necessary without de- Work on the New Museum Building. A Runaway Without Damage—A Slide for Life. The day being fine, albeit chilly, thou- nds crowded to the people’s pleasure | | ground, Golden Gate VPark, yesterday “to | | enjoy the invigorating air, the flowers in | the conservatory, the music of the Park | band and to view the wonders in the | museum. | During the past week the additions to | { the museum have been: Two peridots in | the rough, wonderiul stones found in Navajo in New Mexico, presented by C. E. Van Horn; a quaint ivory carving, an imprint of a fish on limestone, from Mrs. { H. L. Kaufman; a petrified sea urchin, | one of the most perfect specimens ever | secured, found on the island of Rugen in | the Baltic Sea, and loaned by Rae Brown; | a splendid collection of bi and eggs, donated by Dr. Albert G. Sodaville, Or. The doctor has notitied | that he will send down another case con- taining 148 specimens. A letter from D. John Rabe of Oakland, who is now sojourning at Selangir, in the | Straits settlement, was received, inclosed in which is one from L. B. Van Doup, sec- retary of the museum at Selangir, offering to exchange curios for specimens ot Cali- fornia minerals, woods and inetals. Some | action will probably be taken at an early | day 1n relation to this matter. | Acting Custodian Brown reported that | during the week ending Saturday evening, persons visited the museum. The Commissioners have awarded the ! contract for the addition to the museum and this work will be commenced to-day, the foundation having been prepared. The work on the new music concourse is progressing rapidly, and the work of build- ing the concrete tunnel that will connect the walk to the aviary from the ccncourse | will be commenced to-day. During the afternoon F. Lehman of 1511 Gough street and 1. Hess of Dwight way, Berkeley, drove in a buggy to the museum | | and hitched their horse by the bridle to a | post near by. When they Teturned one got | into the buggy while the other went to un- | hitch the animal. It became frightened, broke away and darted at a rapid gait | along the road through Ninth avenue and, | turning into Fulton street, ran into a Mc- | Allister-street car, somewhat to the dam- Tne man in the buggy dropped to the ground from bcmnd,im‘ was not injured. | The park drives were crowded with biey- | | clers all day long, the roads being in good | | conditition for riding, though a iittle hard. | A great many people went to the beach | and walked to the pier to see the spot | where the money stolen by the Ingleside | robbers was buried. Tue Sutro road and depo: are finished | and the cars will_be put in operation just | as soon as the interior of the new CIiff | fouse is fitted up, which will probably be | in about two weeks. There were not less than 5000 in the Haight-street grounds vesterday afternoon when Professor Mar- keberg walked a tight wire from the top of the chutes to a post forty feet above | \grnm’ld over 550 feet away. This was ac- complished successfuily | In the evening the professor, in the presence of a large crowd, gave his slide for life. He started from the top of the chutes, hanging with his teeth to a strap affixed to & pulley running on the wire, and when rearly 600 feet from the starting point he let go his hold on the strap and dropped into the lage. His act was loudly applauded. | |DR. J. J. MORSE'S LECTURE | He Speaks of the Doctrine of Immor- | | tality as to Its Justification of Religion. Dr. J. J. Morse, who under the auspices | | of the California Psychical Society isen- | gaged to deliver a yearly course of lec- | tures, last night completed his fourth dis- | course on the subject, *Doctrine of Im- | | mortality.” Mr. Morse first introduced in the line of | s discourse the doctrine of immortality | n its foundation in nature and then fol- lowed it in its basis in man, and subse- | | quently sought to prove it as a problem | | in ethics, He concluded last evening with | a lecture illustrating its justification of re- | | hgion. i He urged as a justice of the right of the ‘ doctrine of Immortality in its correlation | to religion that it had its foundation from | the very basis and nature of man. | He said that there was no religion ont- side of the religion of the nature of ‘the universe and reason, and that by reason | man laid bis religion, and religion must consequently be based upon nature. Mr. Morse claimed that he is not in con- | flict with any society, creed, church, doc- | trine or especia! discipline, but he urged that man and science have the right to de- ermine the question of immortality, and if they find to their own satisfaction that | | there is a world beyond, they must be al- | | lowed the satisfaction of their own belef. | Concluding, Mr. Morse said: “In the presence of all that stands before us| to-day, and of the God 2nd of the religion | that is preached, we are willing to accept | them all, but we insist that the immortal- | ity of the soul is the true and fundamental | religion of all men who aspire to any | futurity.” | Walter J. Bartnett announced that the | next lecture would be delivered by David | Starr Jordan at Armory Hall. REMARKABLE RELIC, A Hickory Nut Which Has Somewhat of a History. Miss Mary J. Hook of Rosswell, Ga., is in possession of the oldest hickory nut in | the world. -This ancient and curious | family relic was presented to Miss Hook | twenty-five years .ago by her great-aunt, | Mrs. John McDavid of Cherokee County. The bickory nut is about the size of a | common walnut, thé surface is hizhly pol- ished and- is beautifully and artistically | engraved. The carving is foo delicate for the naked eye, but with the aid of a glass every ob- ject is maae perfect and shows the touch of an artist’s hand. On one side, or rather | between the seams, appearsa tree, repre- senting the hickory tree, under which the initials “W. K.”” and the date “1751” are lainly visible. The létters are initials of Miss Hook’s great-great-grandfather, Wil- liam Kendrick,who lived on.the Jamesriver in Virginia and who did the engraving. In the next space\)is a fox standing under some bushes of beautiful foliage, with = wild hog in the background. Next, an ostrich standing erect, and be- neath are the. letters “C. E.,”” which prob- ably indicated that Mr. Kendrick was a civil engineer. Ou the. next space isan | eagle with outstretchéd wings and talons, | as if just alighting. Tte fifth and lastisa squirrel holding a nut to its moutn with its forefeet. . | All of the pictures are perfectly plain, but to observe the scenery and make it more effective a glass is necessary. Itisa remarkable family relic and is-well pre- served, although it is 164 years old.— ‘Washington Times, . Coomassie has the reputation of being a wretched town, dirty and unhealthy, IBIS CLUB'S STANDPOINT, Attorney Eells Explains Why the Colorado Charter Was Secured. LIKE THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, An Eminent Precedent Cited for Seeking Legal Organization Outside the State. In the controversy between the Ibis and Mallard clubs in the United States Circait Court as to the right to shoot ducks on the | Suisun marsh, Attorney Charles P. Eells is willing to admit that the Ibis Club is composed of Californians and that it re- | cently incorporated under the laws of Colo- rado. 2 No less a legal authority than the Attor- ney-General has declared this to be a frand on the Fedcral courts, and this point will doubtless be effectually raised by the at- torneys for the Mallard Ciub. Failing to secure what these gentlemen of the Ibis Club consider their just legal protection in the enjovment of exclusive duck-hunting privileges on the marsh- lands from the State courts of California, they have incorporated in Colorado in order to bring action in the Federal courts. This. at least, is the view taken by the aefendants to the injunction granted Saturday by D'strict Judge Beatty, and in this view they claim that the Colorado in- corporation isa fraud upon the Federal courts. But the Ibis Club has eminent precedent for its foreign incorporation. Attorney Eells says the club bases its action upon the peculiar status of the Southern Pacific Company of Kentucky, a railroad organi- zation of Californian investors, chartered by the State of Kentucky. There are six members in the Ibis Club, namely: Harry Babcock, president; Mat- thew Hall McAllister, secretary and treas- urer; William O’Brien Macdonough, the lover of horseflesh; Robert Oxnard of sugar fame, Ed Donahoe and its attorney, Mr. Eells. For fifteen years it has been in exist- ence, but it was only a little while ago that it concluded to incorporate. Then it decided to get a charter from the State of Colorado. The decision of Sunerior Judge Buckles of Solano County might have had something to do with this, but Mr. Eells does not say. Being an attorney, he talks with the caution of a lawyer. Mr. Eells spent yesterday on the pre- serve of tne Tbis Club, and did not return home until after dark. Then he seated himself in his library and made the follow- ing explanation: The statement that our club is composed of Californisns and that we incorporated under the laws of Colorado is ccrrect. Butthatis not the question at issne. That is something for the State of Colorado to look out for. If the State of Colorado is willing to grant usa | charter I see no reason for the -Attormey- General of this State going out of his way. The real point at issue is one concerning property rights and I am surprised at the tone of the newspapers in the matter. We are just as much entitled to our preserve on the Suisun marsh as any other lessee of property is any- where else. The Chamberlainsown the marsh. They have a patent for itand we lease 200 acres from them, for which we pay $250 rental per annum. We spend time, money and labor on this preserve as such lessee and o her per- sons see fit to disregard our proverty rights, and without spending a cent of money or de- voting & moment of time in imgrn\'emenu or doing one stroke of labor, they think they have & perfect right to come upon our preserve and profit at our expense, Incidentally I might mention another point ich seems to have been much overlooked. Ducks are to a great extent an artificial product—they have to be baited, ana it is in- cumbent upon us to see that the tules are kept there for their shelter. Our preserve is two miles away from the rail- road. We have to make preparations to get to it. We have to build a boathouse there. These are just a suggestion of the many items of im- provements required. Now, another club comes right alongside with its boathouse, and a man will stand just as close L0 our preserve as you are to me and deliberately irignten away our game, and yet that same” club has no rights that can "he recognized by law and has not done anything to entitle it to decent consideration. 1 was on the Presen‘e myself to-day, and I was told that all the canvasbacks have left within the past week—irightened away. The members of our own club agreed to shoot only two davs in the week, letting the ducks rest and feed the other five. The other three clubs—the Teal, Cordelia and Tule—have been just as much annoyed. but not being incorporated and being subject to the judicial decisions of this State, they have had %0 stand this sort of thing. So far as Judge Buckles’' decision goes one mightas well say that a man could mine, or farm, or run a store wherever he pleases re- gardless of the property rights of others, The sentiment is socialistic in the extreme. We had just as much right to incorporate un- der the laws of Colorado as the Southern Pa- cific, organized by California parties, had un. der the Iaws of Kentucky. I will notsay that we had the justice of the Federal courts in view when Wwe incorporated, but it goes with- out saving that adjudication at the hands of the Federal tribunals is not subject to the local prejudices and political weaknesses of the State courts, o Our State judiciary is weak in its very con stitution. There are many good men and able lawyers on the State bendh, but their inade- quate compensation and- limited tenure of office arenot such as might induce good men and able lawyers to accept such positions. The weakness of the State judiciary is in its being elective. Ido not wish to cast any refleciions upon our State Judges, but that there is temptation to please the voters in the decisions rendered canuot be denied. On the other hand, the Federal courts are above sll this. And more yet, its orders are respected. No ex- cuse or apology will be entertained by the Federai bench. The restraining order issued by Judge Beatty, enjoining temporarily the Mallard Club, will be in force until the question is heard. The hearing is set for January 30. CATCHING BULLETS. Herrmann’s Great Trick of Standing Be- fore Soldiers Who Fire at Him, but Do Not Hit. Hermann was the attraction at the Paldwin last night, but his magic art was not as attractive as it was when he ap- peared at the California, that is in the matter of attracting a big house, notwith- standing the announcement'that he would stand before six soldiérs: of Battery I, United States Artillery, from Fort Mason, | be fired at and catch the six bullets fired at bim. The several numbers 6f the programme previous to the military act, which was the final one, were those previously given, and very clever. They were: ‘When the curtain rose for the final act, there was discovered a beautiful forest scene, and as the orchestra played “The Girl I Left Behind Me’” there was heard a martial tread, and out of the right rear en- trance came six regulars under command of a sergeant, who were marched to the left side of the stage and brought to a halt and put through several maneuvers. When ' they grounded arms, Herrmann, wearing black knickerbockers, black hose and low shoes and a loose white frilled shirt, appeared and took a stand near an imitation stump near the third entrance. After gazing &t the audience for a moment he advanced to the soldiers who received him with a present arms, and he returned with a salute with the wrong hand. Advancingto the frontof the stage, Herr- mann announced that the men had their own weapons and ammunition, that he would not.approach them bu’ once and that would be to inspect their weapons, and that the sergeani would handle the | factor in_the maintenance of i is well developed. He says he has not yet bullets in the cartridges, which any one in the audience could mark without mar- ring them, < e then stood aloof while the sergeant received one cartridge from each man.who deposited it on a plate, after which he took them in the audience for the purpose of having an identification mark put on each. ‘While this was being done the men were approached by Herrmann, who took the pieces one by one and held each up at an angle of 45 degrees to see that they were clear. Then he retired to the other side of the stage and the sergeant gave the order “ready,” and, passing in front of the men, gave each a cartridge, each individual holding it up above his head, before insert- ingitin the chamber, and throwing the lock. After this the sergeant returned the plate to the place behind the scene from which he obiained it, and then returning to his men after several maneuvers, marched them to a cross platform half way down the orchestra, where they were given the order “ready.” Four in the front rank got down on one knee; those in the rear stood. While this was being done Herrmann advanced to-the stump with his back to the audience and temained there fumbling about for half a minute or more; when he turned he raised achina dish and as he did so_there was a rattling, as if of metal against the dish. He held hisdish in a very peculiar manner and took up a position about 40 feet away from the soldiers and with a Herrmannic smile gave notice that he was ready. The ser- geant gave the order ‘fire’’ and as one re- ort the six rifles sounded, but the sound lacked that which accompanies the whiz of a bullet from a rifile barrel. Before thie smoke cleared away Herrmann ad- vanced toward the sergeant and handed him the marked bullets on tHe dish. The bullets were on the dish before the shots were fired. It would seem that the trick, which is really a clever one, is per- formed by collusion and that the marked bullets are changed by the serzeant after returning to the stage from the audience, and that when he returns the dish the bullets are taken from the shells and transmitted to Herrmann while he is fum- bling at the stump. This trick, first performed by Herrmann in New York, is well worth witnessing. A BADGE FOR INGERSOLL, He Is Also Made an Honorary Member of the Philadel- phia Garrison. Enjoyable Social Event Aboard the Battle-Ship Participated In by Officers and Men. The regular meeting of the United States Steamer Philadelphia Garrison 139 took place yesterday noon on board of the Philadelphia. A. R. Holzheid, junior vice-national commander of the Army and Navy Union of this coast, presided. Lieutenant-Commander R. R. Ingersoll, who had previously by the garrison beem" elected to honorary membership, was for- mally tendered that honor in a compli- mentary speech by Colonel D, Peary of the Second Artille: The colonel conveyed in his remarks the high esteem in which the officers and men of the garrison held Licutenant Inger- soll, and on concluding presented him with an elegant gold badge, the insignia of the society. Lieutenant Ingersoll replied in the fol- lowing speech: He said he was proud of the honor conferred upon him and that he had contemplated before becoming a regu- lar member of the garrison. He said he believed ttat such an organ- Ization was calculated to be of vast good to the service; that it would bring the offi- cers and men in closer harmony, and be a ood dis- cipline, He remarked the highly benefi- cial influence that the organization had exerted over the officers and crew of the Philadelphia, and said thatt eir relation with each other reminded him of one lar:e and happy family. After the initiation of Lieutenant Inger- soll H, A. Eilers, gunner U. 8. N., was elected as commander of the garrison. The affair proved very enjoyable to both officers and mer. The organization was started some five years ago for the purpose of bringing together officers and men for mutual bene- fit and advancement and has since that time grown steadily in popularity in army and navy circles. ———————— MR. OARROLL'S GREAT IDEA. It Puts a Man at His Best When He Is Held Up by a Robber. Taylor Carroll is engaged in devisinga formidable system of defense for lone pedestrians when they wander in danger- ous places where police protection is in- effective and the risk of being “*held up” is ever present. His plan is to convert the erect human body into a miniature re- volving turret, armed at four points, and capable of dealing death in front, rear or flank simultaneously, or of sending four successive discharges in the same direc- tion. Mr. Carroll’s design is still in its rudi- mentary state, with numberless minor de- tails to be elaborated, but his central idea prepared diagrams or experimen‘al ap- puflams, but has merely outlined it men- tally. I would have a small storage batter, worn in a belt,” he said, yesterday, “mu’: small copper wires running from it up through the sleeves, and connecred with each hand on the great or middle fin- ger with a copper ring the thumb can reach in the palm of the hand. When the thumb touched the ring an electrical current would discharge four batteries, loaded with ball, behind and in front. This discharge conld take place when the hands were being held under the threat of an armed robber. *The ring should be placed beyond the reach of the thumb, except in cases of emergency, so the thumb will never dis- charge the battery accidentaliy.” Mr. Carroll is not a practical electri- cian or mechanic, being an actor by profession. He has not figurea up the weight of the storace battery to be carried on the belt, nor is he adverse to consider-’ ing the advisability of substituting a dry’| primary cell. ¢ f In his zeal for the application of scien- tific methods to the protection of the citizen, the inventor has appar- ently left out of sight evervthing but: the tactical advantage of the lonely gedes- trian attacked in front by. the bold ma- rauder or clasped from behind by the urk- ing garroter. Thus, he has not yet figured out how a slim young man is to avoid as-" suming unwieldy Falstaffian dimensions when he braces storage batteries and arsenals around his waist. x Nor does he forecast the possiblv tragical consequences that might :some day result from the clasp of a loving band upon the thumb an1 palm that carried the potential copper appurtenances he describes, mak- ing inadvertent electrical contact and pro- ducing a catastrophe when only endear- ment was intended.—Chicago Tribune. ———————— The Sultan’s Troubl Troubles press thick and fast upon the Sultan. The powers are too gravely insist- ent on the enforcement of their wishes to enable him to maintain his accusiomed composure, domestic woes add to his per- turbation and last but not least he has no money. The average man can fortify him- self against most other evils, but it re- quires a philosopher to contemplate with serenity a vacuous vocket-book.—Provi- dence Journal. .- The scarabzus, or sacred beetle of the Eg{}mnnu. was the favarite subject for a setting in the early Egyptian rings. It was carved in stone, the work often being | exquisitely done. GRAND JURY ANSWERED, School Directors Deny That Pub- lic Funds Have Been Misspent. HENDERSON'S NEW RESOLUTION The Committee on Supplies Claim to Have Followed Their Predecessors in Purchasing Supplies. In reference to the criticism of the Grand Jury on the Board of 'Education, School Directors Hawley and Henderson, two of the members on the Committee on Supplies, when spoken to by a CaLL re- porter on this subject, made statements. Director Charles H. Hawley said: I read in THE CALL the report of the Grand Jury in its eriticism of the extravagance of the Supply Committee in-purchasing supplies for schools other then by contract. This report seems strange to me inasmuch as the Grand Jury had never invited a single Director to appear before that sugust body and give &n explanation of this supposed extravagance. The only member of the School Board that ap- Eenred before the Grand Jury that I have any nowledge of was ex-School Director F. A. Hyde. This gentleman is no doubt a good authority on school matters, from the fact that he devoted considerable time to the subject during his term of office, and consequently it must be presumed that from such knowledge the Grand Jury based its findings, and in doing £ singled out the Committee on Supplies, of which committee I am the chairman The present Board of Education simply fol- lowed 1n the footsteps of its predecessors in so far as calling for bids for supplies for the de- partment for the fiscal year. was concerned. On these bids no offer was received for iumber, Plims and oils or janitor supplies, thus mak- ng it compulsory for the committee to pur- chase such articles in the open market as best it could. The figures sent out by the Grand Jury look extravagant at first, and would, without an explanation, lead the public to believe that there was waste. Butletme draw the atten- tion of the Grand Jury to the expenditures of the Supply Committee for the fiscal vear 1894-95, in which it spent $51,703, whereas the aliowance given this year by the Board o/ Supervisors was only $30,000 for suplies and furniture, as against £50,000 appropriated by thelr predecessors; and out of this sum our predecessors bought 3000 rear seats to take the place of the old Palmer stools, which had been in use in the schools for the past twenty years. . These rear stools were purchased at $250 each, the whole amounting to $7500, uvon which there was no competition whatever; and also they purchased $4000 worth of library books, also bought in open market without competition. The present Committee on Supplies has pur- chased by contract 1000 rear stools at an aver- age vrice of $1 90 each, and these stools are far superior to those bought by the old board at their figure. We have also purchased 1000 combination desks at an average price of $2 60 each, as against $4 25 by our predecessors for the same article. = There has been expended for the first six months of the present fiseal year the sum of $22,450. Of this amount there has been $10,- 200 expended for chairs for the auditorium of the Girls’ High School and for desks and seats on contrect and for fitting “fi the new school at the Potrero, the Peabody, the Douglas and the North Cosmopoliten, all of which have been bought as per contract. The balance after deducting this amount leaves $12,250 out of $22,000. This is the total of our expenditures for supplies which were actually necessary-to run the department for the past six months and includes coal, janitor supplics and labor demands. Now 8o far a8 the Grand Jury’s alarm goes, Isay without fear of contradietion that the amount expended by the Committee on Sup- plias outside of contract does not exceed $300 amonth and the articles so purchased and the money expended could not be foreseen at the time the schedule was made up and bids in- vited therefor. It does seem that there are always personsto be found in this community ready to give the publieschools a black eye at every opportunity. School Director H. C. Henderson, who i3 also a member of the Committee on Supplies, said: As regards the report of the Grand Jury there is nothing very new in it. These errors which are alluded to in that report have been handed down to.us by our predecessors and have been practiced by every board as far back as I can remember. But we are about to remedy this evil, if evil it be. We instructed our storekeeper a‘ few weeks ago to keep an account of sueh articles as are used in the department, but which are not embraced in the schedule when bids are being invited far supplies, in order that at the end of this fiscal year they shall be included in the schedule. There is nothing bought in open market but what is absolutely necessary and what is not included in the bidg fo; pplies. Hence such articles must be purchi by the committee as the exigency deman That portion of the Grand Jury's report re- ferring to the increase of expenditure applies to the raise in teachers’salaries. Thisincrease T opposed as far as I could and until I found that my opposition would avail nothing, as the resolution would be passed no matter how I voted. Then ana only then'did I yield. As regards the sanitary- condition of the schools, together with the needed improve- ments as recommended by the committee on building and grounds, the Board of Supervisors was asked for $243,000 and not for $369,000, which was absolutely necessary to put the buildings in a safe and habitable eondition. I fully agree with the Grand Jury when it says that it wonld be better to pull down the old rotten buildings and erect mew omes in their stead rather than spend money in repair- ing them. This will be seen from the esti- mates given for the repair of the Webster and Lincoln grammar schools at $29,000. Regarding the nine unassigned teachers, we had nothing to-do with them. That was a her- itage left us by our predecessors, and the courts ordered us to replace them in the places whence they bad been.removed by the old board. As to the matter of raising the pay of the sub- stitute teachers. This I consider no more than fair, as §25 a month is not sufficient money to recompense & teacher who must Teport every morning at the Superintendent’s office and then take the chances of being sent to the far- thest portion of the city to take the place of & regular teacher. Why, the $25 a month is gone in car fare and shoeleather, and $40 a month s little exough. For this increase I have no apology to offer to the Grand Jury or anybody olse. Tam in favor of good Wages to every man and woman who works either for the city-or lnybod{ else. The question of the Normal School is a sevi- ous one just now and I think I have a remedy for that in the shape of a resolution which I will introduce and by which the City will be saved from $15,000 to $20,000 a year, besides NEW: TO-DAY. FENCE IN YOUR HEALTH. Put Up the Bars and 'l_.luzh‘at» Weakness and Disease. Thousands of people there are who “are not sick. but every now and then they are “under the weather.”” -They can’t exactly account for it. Fact is, they are always in acondition of half:health. Whenever any extra'demands are made on their powers of endurance or resistance of morbific in-. fluences they break down, Everybody sbould havé the pgreatest -amount of reserve strength—something to spare for emergencies. . Peruvian Bitters, used regularly, will give you that reserve strength. Iis principal ingredient, the famous Peruvian Bark, isa | wonderful invigorator. You may get enough nutrition from your food to carry you along under ordinary circumstances, but Peruvian Bitters will so increase the effi- ciency of your digestive system as to lay up something for *“a rainy day”—for a foggy and windy day, too; will give such tone and vigor to all your vital functions that such troubles as rheumatism, neu- ralgia, colds, malaria, fever, ague, head- aches, lassitude, etc., which attack and dis- able the weak, will be fenced and barred out, and nothing interferes with the full enjoy- ment of your physical and mental powers. Mack & Co., San Francisco. All drug- gists and dealers, maintaining a normal school equal to the Cook County school in Chicago. So far as the Grand Jury’s report goes on the Webster school (which is in the rear of the Lineoln) I most he-rulf- concur, I have now a resolution which I will introduce at the next meeting of the board abolishing that school nndu}:rovidluz for the children who a‘- tend it other schools without any incon- venience. But of this we will see further. OLYMPIC3 WON THE GAME. The Pacific Baseball Club Defeated for the Ninth Time This Year. In the baseball game yesterday after- noon the Olympics won from the Pacitics by a score of 15 to 8. At first it was a very even game, but after the fifth inning Cooney held his opponents down to a few hits, while the Olympics forged well ahead. year the two teams have et in sixteen games, of which the Olympios have won nine and one was a tie. Following is the detailed score: ) & OLYMPICS. AB. R B 8B PO. A Monahan, s. 8. ¢ AV R e T O'Kane, ¢ . BT T00 € TR0 Powers, 1 b. T S T Mertes, 3 b. 2 3 0 4 1 2 Be 2 1.0 .8 &..8 s ke B Lo G0y 050 55 DA aing 10 20 L e e B e 48 15 18 2 27 11 .8 B R, BJL S.B.PO. A E Pequigney, 3 b. B8 T X B Delmas, 2 b. 00 1058 0 Stanley, ¢ 0N 0F k8 A 8 Treadway, c. A QLT 0 2850 10 Wildes, 1 b, 000, T 0 Walters, r. L VR T RS Gorman, 1. U ST T Johnson, RS T GG Iberg, p. 5% 20705, 0570 Totals gigr s At 8 NS BY INNINGS. Olympics.. 30010514 1-15 Pacifics 120200 300~8 —Mertes 2. Two-base hits—Pow- ers. Coscrove, Cooney 2, Pequigney, Walters £ase on balls—By ~ooney Strack ont—By Cooney 4, by Iber; y pitcher— Wildes and_Johnson. |mpire—McDonald. Time of game—1 hiour 45 minutes. Attendance—500. e General Pope Surprised. Megargee in the Philadelphia Times says that Colonel Thomas A. Scott was singularly unassuming in his dress and demeanor. When he was Assistant Secre- tary of War he had occasion to visit Gen- eral Pope at his headquarters at New Mad- rid, Mo. Generul Pope was greatly ad- dicted to profanity and violence of man- ner. Colonel Scott éntered the headquar- ters with the remark, *'I should like to see General Pope on business.’”” “See my adjutant!’”’ roared Pope. : “My business is with General Pope in person.”’ “Blank blank your business; adjutant, I tell you.” “My name is Scott—"" z “I don’t care whether your name is Scott, or Jones, or Smith, or Brown. See my adjutant, blank blank you.” “As’[ wasg about to say, my name is Scott, and I wish_to see you on Govern- ment business. I have the honor to be Assistant Secretary of War."” Pope's demeanor underwent a revolu- tion, as he said in the blandest manner: “I beg your pardon, colonel. I had no in- tention to be rude, but there are so many loafers in camp, and they annoy me so much that I am sometimes put out of temper. 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